The Insanity of the United States Postal Service

Quote: Evenbob

Is a raise involved?

Dollars =D

Quote: Face

Dollars =D

According to the govmint page, full time
rural carriers in W NY start at $30K a year with $43K
as the top. You can reach that after a few
years. It's the benefits that people stay
for.

I don't know what "top" means. I found all that stuff, when viewing it previous to landing the job, to be totally inaccurate. "Start at"? My eventual sub, who would be "starting", and assuming I kept up my blistering work pace, would make $3,200 p/yr. I'm "starting". Would I have finished out the calendar year, I likely would have made mid $40k's. You can work twice a month, you can work 30 days a month. It all depends.

"Start at" must be an average, based off wages that vary hugely. FT, the route I will be on is either $41k or $43k.

But it's steady. And BENNIES.

Congrats on getting your button. Now to count the days until pension?

Just so you'll feel better, in the 10 worst
jobs category, mail carrier is right in there
with meter reader, garbage man, head
cook, lumberjack, and flight attendant.
They're all high stress, low appreciated
jobs and pay about the same. Roofer
and oil rig worker are in there too. You
actually make more than the average
oil rig worker.

Quote: Face

Hey, DRich!! Wasn't it you who said they wanted an AMC? Guess what's on my route...

I want the Pacer that looks like original condition and is not the wagon. This would be perfect:

Quote: DRich

I want the Pacer that looks like original condition and is not the wagon. This would be perfect:

We had the wagon as a kid, only car my dad kept less than a year.

I have herd they made a very few of a sedan at the end of the run, never found a pic. I wish I had looked harder at the Eagle that was on a lot when I was a kid, but wagons were not yet cool then.

good news on going full time, Face!

Quote: AZDuffman

Congrats on getting your button. Now to count the days until pension?

Thanks! I'll start counting when I start feeling like I'll make it that far =p

Quote: DRich

I want the Pacer that looks like original condition and is not the wagon.

Damn. It's a car, not a person. What was done CAN be undone. But that's a Gremlin in my pic =/

I had it all figured out, too. DRich will buy and funnel money for parts. I'll rebuild it, get it roaring. Then I will inform him the finder's fee, labor, and even the delivery is completely on me. Only caveat, the delivery requires a detour to AZ to snatch up petro and the break-in will be completed by us in the Mint 400.

Almost had it, petro! Just gotta find the right sucke...err... customer ;)

Quote: Face

I had it all figured out, too. DRich will buy and funnel money for parts. I'll rebuild it, get it roaring. Then I will inform him the finder's fee, labor, and even the delivery is completely on me. Only caveat, the delivery requires a detour to AZ to snatch up petro and the break-in will be completed by us in the Mint 400.

You are thinking too small. Let's build something nicer and run it in the Baja 1000. I can probably arrange some sponsor money from Monster Energy.